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NTTED STATES PATENT Fries.

JOHN HQGOSS, OF WVATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE SCOVILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BICYCLE-BELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,771, dated December 21, 1897. A li ti fil d September 22, 1897. Serial No. 652,546- (No model.)

To all whom it nuty concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. G0ss,"a citizen of the United States, residing at Waterbury, county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bells, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in bells; and it consists in the novel arrangement and construction of the parts thereof hereinafter fully described.

The chief object of my invention is to provide, in an alarm-bell, a simple, inexpensive, and effective striker means whereby the bell proper may be vibrated.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of a bell, showing in side elevation and perspective the various parts of the internal actuating mechanism. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the actuating mechanism, the bell proper being removed. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the striker mechanism.

A is a base. B is a bell mounted above said base A upon a suitable support C, centrally located. Revolubly mounted upon said central support is a pinion D. The support C, it should be understood, is stationary, while the said pinion D loosely rotates thereon. Carried by the pinion D is a frame E, and carried at each end of the frame E are sockets E, the outer ends of which converge, as shown. In the outer ends of the said sockets E E are formed grooves, the same being arranged in a horizontal plane.

F F are strikers the outer ends of which are rounded, as shown,and the inner ends of which are provided with ball enlargements F F. The thickness of the striker is only slightly less than the width of the slots at the free ends of the sockets E, while the diameter of the ball enlargements is greater than the width of said slots, so that when the parts are assembled, as shown in Fig. 3, the strikers F are securely held in place in the sockets E and are free to move only in substantially a horizontal plane, this being permitted bythe length of the aforesaid slots.

G G are springs in the rear of the sockets E and bearing against the ball enlargements F to prevent rattling and to hold the strikers in the operative position.

B is a lug formed on the inner wall of the bell B andlocated in the path of travel of the strikers F. 5 5

From the above it will be seen that to rotate the frame E with rapidity causes, by centrifugal action, the strikers F to project outwardly, so as to move in an arc coincident With the lug B. Thus as the frame E is rotated the strikers F alternately impinge against the lug B and vibrate the bell.

Any well-known means may be provided to cause the rotation of the striker-frame, one common means being illustrated in the drawings, in which H is a lever carrying a segmental toothed rack H, meshing with a pinion I, secured to the lower side of the toothed wheel I, the latter meshing with the pinion D, which, as previously described, is secured v7o to the striker-frame E. The lever H may be drawn in one direction by the spring J, the reverse movement of the lever being imparted by the operator. As the lever H is moved backward and forward the gear engagement previously referred to transmits motion to said strikers.

In operation the freedom of movement of the strikers F in a horizontal plane permits the same to retreat immediately upon striking the lug B, thus allowing the movable parts to rotate and also allowing the hell to freely vibrate.

In carrying out my invention I desire to have it understood that some changes in the mechanical construction of the sockets for carrying the strikers may be made. The kind of spring used to hold the striker in the outward position may also be modified, and such changes are contemplated by me as being within the spirit and scope of my invention.

WVhat I claim is l. A striker means for a bell, comprising a rotatable frame centrally mounted, sockets carried thereby, elongated slots in the outer ends of said sockets, strikers carried by said sockets, the outer ends of said strikers moving in a path to impinge against a lug carried by the bell.

2. A striker for a bell, comprising a rotatable frame centrally mounted, sockets car ried thereby,horizontally-arranged elongated slots at the outer ends of said sockets, strikers having ball enlargements at one end, said enlargements being located Within said sockets, the smaller ends of said strikers projecting through said slots and moving in a path to impinge against a lug carried by the bell.

3. In a bell, a centrally-mounted, rotatable frame, sockets carried thereby, horizontallyarranged elongated slots in the outer ends of said sockets, strikers having enlargements at their inner ends, said enlargements being located Within said sockets, the outer ends of said strikers projecting through said slots and moving into a path to impinge against a lug carried by the bell, a spring Within said sockets pressing against the inner ends of said strikers, and means for rotating said frame JOHN H. GOSS.

Witnesses:

HENRY FEHL, FRANK J. GORSE. 

